A few weeks ago Caitlyn's digital literacy teacher called me and told me that she won an award for an essay she wrote. He asked me to come in and sign a paper so that they could release information about her and pictures of her (they took pictures during the award ceremony). He asked me not to tell Caitlyn and said they would have an award ceremony soon. Yesterday they had an award ceremony and pizza party during lunch. Keith and I both went and Caitlyn saw us in the office when we were signing in. She looked so confused and kept asking why we were there. We walked with her over to the class room.
The Utah State Treasurer came and presented Caitlyn with the award. Caitlyn's teacher submitted her essay to an investment writing contest. Her essay was advising someone how they should invest their money in the stock market. Her teacher gave me a copy of her essay and it was great. He said that they take the names off the essays and have a panel of financial/business men and women read the essays and chose the winners.
Caitlyn's essay took third in the state! They presented her with a $25 visa gift card and a $50 savings bond. She was so excited!
It was a nice, little ceremony and they did a good job of honoring Caitlyn and the other girl that won.
Caitlyn was so excited with her prizes. I asked her if she wanted me to take them home for her and she said she wanted to keep them with her to show off!
Another girl from Dixon took 1st place. It's pretty neat that two of the winners were from our school.
Caitlyn was on cloud nine the rest of the day. We are so proud of Caitlyn and her hard work and desire to do well in school. Way to go Caitlyn!
2 comments:
Yep! Way to go Caitlyn! So proud of her!
This is so great. Good job Caitlyn!!
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